Azimuthally oscillating membrane emulsification for controlled droplet production

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3607-3615

  Silva, Pedro S ^a   Dragosavac, Marijana M ^a   Vladisavljević, Goran T ^a   Bandulasena, Hemaka C H ^a   Holdich, Richard G ^a   Stillwell, Mike ^b   Williams, Bruce ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Liquid drops; Monosize; Shear

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; SHEAR STRESS; SHEARING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET PRODUCTION; LIQUID DROP; MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MONOSIZE; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84944151509     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14894     Document Type: Article

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